Mountain toucan | |
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Plate-billed mountain toucan Andigena laminirostris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Piciformes |
Family: | Ramphastidae |
Genus: |
Andigena Gould, 1851 |
Type species | |
Pteroglossus hypoglaucus
[1] Gould, 1833
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Species | |
4, see text |
Andigena, the mountain toucans, is a genus of birds in the family Ramphastidae. They are found in humid highland forests in the Andes of South America, ranging from Bolivia to Venezuela. These medium-sized toucans all have olive-brown upperparts, a black crown, yellow rump, blue-grey underparts and a red vent.
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Grey-breasted mountain toucan |
Andigena hypoglauca (Gould, 1833) |
Southern Colombia, Ecuador and Peru |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Plate-billed mountain toucan |
Andigena laminirostris Gould, 1851 |
Western Ecuador and far south-western Colombia |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
NT
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Hooded mountain toucan |
Andigena cucullata (Gould, 1846) |
South-eastern Peru to central Bolivia |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Black-billed mountain toucan |
Andigena nigrirostris (Waterhouse, 1839) Three subspecies
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Western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Some authorities, either presently or formerly, recognize additional species or subspecies as species belonging to the genus Andigena including: